Marriage markets
Subtitle: how inequality is remaking the American family
By: June Carbone and Naomi Cahn
Contributors: Cahn, Naomi R.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780199916580
Subjects: Domestic relations; Families; Equality; Marriage; Working class; Social classes
Description: "June Carbone and Naomi Cahn examine how macroeconomic forces are transforming marriage, and how working class and lower income families have paid the highest price"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-245) and index.
Table of contents: title: Class, marriage markets, and the new foundations for family life; title: Blinded by the light; title: Blaming the victim : the morality tale; title: Getting closer : the rediscovery of marriage markets; title: The heart of the matter; title: Where the men are; title: Remaking class barriers : children and achievement; title: The re-creation of class; title: The law : rewriting the marital script; title: Shared parenting : egalitarian, patriarchal, or both?; title: Rebuilding from the top down : the family, inequality, and employment; title: Rebuilding from the bottom up : addressing children's needs; title: Sex, power, patriarchy, and parental obligation; title: The death of family law, and prospects for its rebirth.